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He moved to France where he lived off a local girl until cutting the throat of Marie Aguetant, described as his mistress, on 14 January 1886. He was eventually caught, put on trial and sentenced to be executed by guillotine. The execution took place at La Roquette Prison on 28 December 1888, observed by some 200 celebrities with sufficient influence to enter the prison precincts, including [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Jean Mounet-Sully]] and [[Paul Armand Silvestre]]. A large crowd had assembled outside the prison.<ref> {{cite news| title=Daily Alta California| url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18881229.2.57&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|date=29 December 1888}} </ref>
He moved to France where he lived off a local girl until cutting the throat of Marie Aguetant, described as his mistress, on 14 January 1886. He was eventually caught, put on trial and sentenced to be executed by guillotine. The execution took place at La Roquette Prison on 28 December 1888, observed by some 200 celebrities with sufficient influence to enter the prison precincts, including [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Jean Mounet-Sully]] and [[Paul Armand Silvestre]]. A large crowd had assembled outside the prison.<ref> {{cite news| title=Prado Executed|work=Daily Alta California| url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18881229.2.57&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|date=29 December 1888}}{{Page needed|date=April 2022}}{{Publisher missing|date=April 2022}} </ref>{{Full citation needed|date=April 2022}}


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Prado (also known as “Count Linska de Castillon") (died 28 December 1888) was a Spanish murderer who was guillotined in France.

Prado, who refused to reveal his real name, was brought up in the city of Gijón, Asturias, and had travelled the world by the age of 14. In 1872 he was a sub-lieutenant in a Carlist group during the Carlist Wars and was later wounded at the Battle of Somorrostro. He married his hospital nurse, who died on a trip to the Holy Land. He claimed to have then married a second time in Lima.[1]

La Roquette prison

He moved to France where he lived off a local girl until cutting the throat of Marie Aguetant, described as his mistress, on 14 January 1886. He was eventually caught, put on trial and sentenced to be executed by guillotine. The execution took place at La Roquette Prison on 28 December 1888, observed by some 200 celebrities with sufficient influence to enter the prison precincts, including Paul Gauguin, Jean Mounet-Sully and Paul Armand Silvestre. A large crowd had assembled outside the prison.[2][full citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "1888: Prado, before Gauguin". Executed today.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Prado Executed". Daily Alta California. 29 December 1888.[page needed][publisher missing]